Celeste Zappala was one of several speakers at the March 16 Christian Peace Witness for Iraq service at the National Cathedral. This is the prepared text of her message that evening. + Watch video of the entire service Good evening, […]

While we are against the war, we certainly recognize and honor the sacrifice and suffering of so many families who have lost a loved one in this war. I donâ€™t know about you, but sometimes the news coverage and the […]

You would think that the people who want creationism or intelligent design taught in the public schools would evince some concern for the handiwork of the intelligent designer. You might think that the human costs wrought by global warming – […]

You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge. Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I […]

Do you believe that God is present in the smile of a child, in the tears of a parent’s grief over a suffering adolescent, in the sudden breakthrough of understading between quarreling spouses? Eternal truths can be learned by observing […]